Popular BookMania! is March 7 in Jensen BeachOther novels are “Los Alamos”, which won the Edgar Award for best first novel; “Stardust”; “The Prodigal Spy”; “Istanbul Passage”; and “Alibi ... with shades of Hitchcock and reminiscent of the classic movie “Body Heat”.02/24/2015 - 3:34 am | View Link

Circumcision Parties Are A Rite Of Passage In Turkeyin Istanbul, groups of 7- and 8-year-old boys are paraded around in glitzy costumes reminiscent of Ottoman sultans. Excited and nervous, they are preparing for their circumcision. The ritual is considered the first step in the passage from boyhood to ...02/4/2015 - 9:16 pm | View Link

Apple continues European retail expansion with new Istanbul, Den Haag outletsas the iPhone maker is readying a second store in Istanbul to open next month while a new shop in The Hague will host its own debut on Saturday. Unlike the Zorlu Center store — which sits beneath unique glass box reminiscent of the flagship Fifth Avenue ...08/5/2014 - 4:40 am | View Link

Roger Federer v Novak Djokovic: Titans clash once again in Monte Carlo semifinalsIn fact, Djokovic’s play in the quarterfinals was reminiscent of how lost and unduly frustrated he appeared during the first few months of the season and it can’t be a good sign that it coincided with the reappearance of Boris Becker in his box after t ...04/18/2014 - 7:58 am | View Link

Kalliopi Lemos opens parallel exhibition on the occasion of the 13th İstanbul BiennaleISTANBUL.-Kalliopi Lemos’s major solo exhibition “I AM ... The artist has created part-human, part-animal steel and resin sculptures, reminiscent of familiar mythological figures, some on pedestals or crutches, and others hanging from the ceiling ...09/10/2013 - 1:00 pm | View Link

MasonsGreat Architect of the Universe? Important note: Not all masons are aware that freemasonry is used as a cover for evil! Many initiates disapprove of self-seeking ...08/2/2015 - 12:26 pm | View Website

French Street in IstanbulMy desire to find French street in Istanbul started when I read an article that described it as French influence in Turkey. The equivalent of China town in New York.08/2/2015 - 12:23 am | View Website

What ruined for many of us an otherwise brilliant and intense reworking of "Battlestar Galactica" was that final episode. We watch in horror as the heroes launch their spaceships into the Sun and choose to live an anti-tech life on Earth. It just seemed kind of an anti-intellectual end to the series.

Pittsburgh-based author, blogger, health coach, public speaker and advocate Ashley Boynes-Shuck has not let much get in the way of her life — not even the list of nearly 40 chronic ailments of her medical history.

Confronted with the human toll of their frequent incursions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israeli officials respond with a familiar, canned refrain: Israel does everything in its power to minimize civilian deaths, and only pursues military campaigns that are consistent with its security needs. Journalist Max Blumenthal’s subversive new book, “The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza,” a chronicle of Israel’s invasion of Gaza last summer, makes both of these claims difficult to swallow.